Umar Abubakar Sadiq was born on the 01^st of April, 1957, he has been an asset for over a period of 43 years (from 1976) that includes:

Clerical staff with first bank of Nigeria Plc   (former Standard Bank Nig Ltd) Zaria Main branch from 16/10/1975 to 30/09/1976

Supervisor with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc (then Barclays Bank) Kano Bank Road from 07/08/1978 to 30/10/1978

Youth Corps Service, Handling Project appraisals with the Bank for Commerce and Industry (Now Bank of Industry) Port-Harcourt Rivers from 04/09/1981 to 07/07/1982

Inspector of Taxes – Direct assessment with Kaduna State Board of Internal revenue Kaduna from 01/09/1982 to 25/08/1983

Area Accountant with Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria from 03/08/1983 to 10/10/1991

Chief Accountant (Head of Finance Department) with Selcon Tennery Kano from 11/10/1991 to 1998

Financial consultant with Time-line Consult Ltd Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos from 09/09/1998 to 25/11/2000

Assistant Manager Finance in charge of Bank Reconciliation with Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Ltd from 21/03/2002 to 21/11/2002

AGM Finance with the Port Operation Department of Dangote Group Lagos from 13/1/2002 to 02/01/2006

Partner with Namadi, Umar & Co. Chartered Accountants from 2010 to date

He also obtain SPECIAL SKILLS as follows:
Advisory on financial investment
Auditing and Investigation
Security adviser

AND EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION OBTAIN FROM VARIORS INTITUTIONS AS LISTED BELOW:
Primary School leaving Certificate obtained in 1964

West African Examination Council Certificate from Alhudahuda College Zaria  obtained in 1975

Diploma in Accounting from ABU Zaria obtained in 1978

Bachelor of Science in Accounting from ABU Zaria obtained in 1981

Master in Business Administration (MBA)    from BUK, Kano obtained in 2002

Became a member of Professional Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAN) in May 2006 and a member of Fellow Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria FCA April, in 2018.

Abubakar Sadiq Umar later attended various management courses, Time Management Course for Manager Center for Management Development in Sept. 1989, Mortgage Portfolio Management Workshop with FMBN Lagos in July, 1991, Computer Operation Spreadsheet Data Management and Word Processing with Computer Center and Consulting Services Unit BUK Kano in Sept. 1999, Supervisory Management Skills with Grand Union Association Lagos in March, 2003 and Management Effectiveness Training with Management Transformation Lagos in Sept. 2005.
Voluntarily became Assistant Commandant General with Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (Voluntary Organization then) in Kano. Jan/1989 to 1996
Chairman Al-Majlisul Islami Hotoro a religious Organization for the Propagation of Islam from 1996 to 2010.